# Community Engagement Core

> **NIH NIH P42** · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2020 · $99,131

## Abstract

ABSTRACT 
The UW SRP has a long history of working with community groups and coalitions, government agencies, Tribal 
Nations, health professionals, and individual stakeholders to address environmental problems of concern. The 
CEC has developed bidirectional relationships with several of these organizations and agencies to address 
their priorities and provide needed assistance to help them succeed. During the next 5 years, we will build on 
the strengths of our program as well as expand our activities and partnerships. The CEC will work with 
community groups and agencies involved in the cleanup of the Lower Duwamish Waterway (LDW) to develop 
effective strategies to address subsistence fishing in the river as the cleanup proceeds through the remediation 
process, with the goal of protecting the health of the public by reducing exposure to known contaminants in the 
fish. We will also work with investigators from Project 4 and community groups and agencies involved in the 
cleanup of the Asarco Superfund site, which includes several communities in southern King County, as well as 
state and local agencies. The CEC has a longstanding relationship with the Northwest Toxic Communities 
Coalition (NWTCC) and will continue to partner with the coalition on their stated priorities, including providing 
support for annual summits, workshops and webinars. The CEC and the Training Core will work together to 
identify engagement opportunities for our trainees. Trainees will be involved in a community engagement 
project chosen from our many activities with the NWTCC and our partnerships with individual community 
organizations. The common thread across all of our activities with the NWTCC, individual community 
organizations, and Federal, State and Local agencies is to help these organizations build capacity in areas 
critical to their success.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9895791
- **Project number:** 5P42ES004696-32
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Thomas M Burbacher
- **Activity code:** P42 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $99,131
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9895791

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9895791, Community Engagement Core (5P42ES004696-32). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9895791. Licensed CC0.

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